Battle for Aleppo: Jihadists rally against Syrian and Iranian forces backed by Moscow

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Battle for Aleppo: Jihadists rally against Syrian and Iranian forces backed by Moscow

by WorldTribune Staff, August 1, 2016 Jihadists allied with anti-Assad rebels on July 31 launched an attack on Syrian regime forces in an effort to break the siege on Aleppo. Assad’s forces, backed by Iran and Russia, have surrounded rebel-held districts in Aleppo since July 17, cutting the main supply line into rebel-held neighborhoods in […]

Al Qaida’s Nusra Front captures pro-Assad Alawite village

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Al Qaida’s Nusra Front captures pro-Assad Alawite village

Special to WorldTribune.com Al Qaida affiliate Nusra Front and its Sunni Islamist allies seized an Alawite village in central Syria on May 12. Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham, an ultraconservative Sunni Islamic militant group, launched an assault on the village of Zara, killing more than 30 pro-Assad regime fighters, according to the Local Coordination Committees […]